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"This coming of age story trails four children into adulthood and reveals some incredible events of the past that have long remained secret but affected all in very personal ways. A bizarre,well crafted story unfolds as the truth is revealed about murder, sexual experiences, bigotry, past & current lovers, parents, and their hopes and dreams."
Crystal Cathey, Resident Scholar
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"Four childhood friends enter high school, where everything changes drastically due to one friend's homosexuality, which builds up and threatens to destroy them all. Family secrets converge with madness and a devastating hurriccane down in New Orleans."
Amanda Goodwin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Who is sick?
- Mother
because he/she is
- basically "out of it"
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Kind of sex:
- rape
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Loss of...
- child/children
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- college
- high school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- rebelling against parent's expectations
Wild kid(s)?
- committing crimes
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- Ocean
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- drowning
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- wealthy
- New Orleans
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
- male homosexuals doing their thing
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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